custard

Who acts: cowardly custard, person, We, custard, Gran, Cornflour · What happens: make, pour, bake, be, face, have · To what, where: sweet yellow sauce, milk, puddings, egg custard, person, danger

«custard» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 7 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: custard in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland — kept apart, not parsed.

A sweet yellow sauce made from milk, eggs or custard powder and sugar, poured over puddings.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sauce	det
2	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sauce	amod
3	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sauce	amod
4	sauce	sauce	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sauce	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 milk	case
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 eggs	punct
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 milk	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 powder	cc
11	custard	custard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 powder	compound
12	powder	powder	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 milk	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sugar	cc
14	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 milk	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 poured	punct
16	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sauce	acl
17	over	over	ADP	_	18 puddings	case
18	puddings	pudding	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 poured	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sauce	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a sweet yellow sauce not said here		milk and eggs or custard powder and sugar			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from milk=Material
2	pour	participle		a sweet yellow sauce not said here		puddings			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over pudding=Location

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Meaning 2

A soft, set dessert of milk and eggs, often baked (egg custard, a custard tart).

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dessert	det
2	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dessert	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 soft	punct
4	set	set	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dessert	amod
5	dessert	dessert	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 milk	case
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dessert	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 eggs	cc
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 milk	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 baked	punct
11	often	often	ADV	_	12 baked	advmod
12	baked	bake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 dessert	conj
13	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 custard	punct
14	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 custard	compound
15	custard	custard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 baked	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 tart	punct
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 tart	det
18	custard	custard	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tart	compound
19	tart	tart	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 custard	conj
20	)	)	PUNCT	_	15 custard	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 dessert	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bake	participle		egg custard and a custard tart				often property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent custard=Product

Meaning 3

Usage: US — kept apart, not parsed.

Frozen custard, a kind of ice cream.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frozen	frozen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 custard	amod
2	custard	custard	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 kind	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kind	det
5	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 custard	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 cream	case
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cream	compound
8	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kind	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 custard	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 4

Usage: UK informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A cowardly custard is a person who is easily frightened and unwilling to face danger.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 custard	det
2	cowardly	cowardly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 custard	amod
3	custard	custard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 person	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 person	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 frightened	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 frightened	cop
9	easily	easily	ADV	_	10 frightened	advmod
10	frightened	frightened	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 person	acl:relcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 unwilling	cc
12	unwilling	unwilling	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 frightened	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 face	mark
14	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 unwilling	xcomp
15	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 face	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a cowardly custard	a person		tree rules
2	is	present	a person		easily, frightened property	tree rules
3	be		a person not said here			tree rules
4	face	to-infinitive	a person not said here	danger		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme danger=Destination

Example 1

We had apple crumble with custard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crumble	compound
4	crumble	crumble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 custard	case
6	custard	custard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crumble	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	We	apple crumble				with custard	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crumble=Patient

Example 2

The custard was hot and sweet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 custard	det
2	custard	custard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hot	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hot	cop
4	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sweet	cc
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hot	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the custard					hot property	tree rules
2	be		the custard not said here						tree rules

Example 3

Gran made egg custard tarts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 custard	compound
4	custard	custard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tarts	compound
5	tarts	tart	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 made	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Gran	custard tarts					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tart=Product

Example 4

Custard thickens as it heats.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Custard	custard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thickens	nsubj
2	thickens	thicken	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 heats	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 heats	nsubj
5	heats	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 thickens	advcl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thickens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thicken	present	Custard						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	heat	present	Custard						vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 5

Cornflour and water make a non-Newtonian «custard» you can run on.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cornflour	cornflour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 water	cc
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cornflour	conj
4	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 custard	det
6	non-Newtonian	non-newtonian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 custard	amod
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 custard	punct
8	custard	custard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 custard	punct
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 run	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 run	aux
12	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 custard	acl:relcl
13	on	on	ADP	_	12 run	compound:prt
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Cornflour and water	a non-Newtonian custard					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset custard=Product
2	run on	can	you	a non-Newtonian custard not said here					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme custard=Trajectory

Example 6

I spilled custard down my jumper.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 spilled	nsubj
2	spilled	spill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	custard	custard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spilled	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	6 jumper	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 jumper	nmod:poss
6	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spilled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spilled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spill	past	I	custard				down my jumper	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location custard=Theme

Example 7

“So are you a cowardly custard.”

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	7 custard	punct
2	So	so	ADV	_	7 custard	advmod
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 custard	cop
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 custard	nsubj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 custard	det
6	cowardly	cowardly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 custard	amod
7	custard	custard	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 custard	punct
9	”	"	PUNCT	_	7 custard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	you	a cowardly custard					tree rules

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